Legal Opinion

Victoria Swanagan v. State of Mississippi

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided May 18, 2017No. 2016-KA-00289-SCTPublishedCited by 27 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

RANDOLPH, PRESIDING JUSTICE,

FOR THE COURT:

¶ 1. Victoria P. Swanagan was convicted by a jury of the depraved-heart murder of Vincent Hill and was sentenced to twenty-five years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC), with ten years suspended, " fifteen years to serve, and five years of supervised probation. 1 Finding no error, we affirm the sentence and conviction of Swanagan.

STATEMENT OF THE FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS BELOW

¶ 2. At trial, Derrick Sims testified that he and Vincent P. Hill worked together. When Sims arrived at Swanagan’s home to pick up Hill for work, he…

2Cases cited31 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Bush v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2005
  3. Stringer v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1984
  4. Wetz v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1987
  5. Herring v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1997

26 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.

3Cited by27 opinions

  1. Damion LaFredrick Pace v. State of MississippiMississippi Supreme Court · 2018
  2. Casey Sheldon Woods v. State of MississippiMississippi Supreme Court · 2018
  3. Rickarius Kimble v. State of MississippiCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2018
  4. Arious Turner v. State of MississippiMississippi Supreme Court · 2024
  5. Christopher Brian Sheely a/k/a Christopher Sheely a/k/a Christopher B. Sheely v. State of MississippiMississippi Supreme Court · 2024

22 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.

Showing a preview — retrieve the full document via the Exa API.

Powered by the Exa API